Here’s the detail from the indigo face paste-up on Kenmare Street, just south of Nolita, in downtown NYC. The image…
Context: Kenmare Street Indigo Face Paste-Up
Here’s a wide-view context shot of the indigo face poster on Kenmare Street, in downtown New York City. Ivan Corsa…
Kenmare Street Indigo Face Paste-Up
We swear we’ve seen a couple of these wheat-paste-ups of an indigo face around downtown Manhattan lately. But when we…
Context Shot – Bäst Werewolf Paste-up, NYC
For some context, here’s the wider view of the Bäst werewolf paste-up. Here you can see a stretch of the…
Detail 2 – Bäst Werewolf Paste-up, NYC
Another detail shot of the Bäst werewolf poster. This one shows the artist’s distinct moniker rendered at the top. Ivan…
Close-up: Bäst Werewolf Paste-up, NYC
Here’s a close shot of the Bäst werewolf movie image paste-up at 11 Spring Street in NYC. Ivan Corsa Photo
Bäst Werewolf Paste-up, NYC
Here’s a series of images showing fresh paste-up work by one of our favorite hands in the New York street…
Delancey Street Stickers #4: Bombed Wall
Piece of sticker-bombed wall on Delancey Street in the LES, NYC. Ivan Corsa Photo
Delancey Street Sticker #3: “Joss” (???)
We like this graphic sticker design even though we’re not quite sure what is says or represents — we think…
Delancey Street Sticker #2: Demon Face
Here’s another one of the dozens of stickers on a wall along Delancey Street in the Lower East Side of…
Delancey Street Stickers #1: “Lern”
Found this neat little sticker by “Lern” on a sticker-bombed marble wall on Delancey Street, near Eldridge Street, along the…
Twerps! “Lobster Roll” Sticker
In a post dated January 24, 2006, we posted the above image, and misidentified the sticker shown and its creator…
Detail: “Goal” Graf in the Lower East Side, NYC
Here’s another, closer-up view of the tag by “Goal” in the LES, NYC, a couple of blocks away from the…
“Goal” Graf in the Lower East Side, NYC
A big tag by “Goal” in the trendified Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. This “up” is on…
Detail: Thundercut Strikes Greene St., SoHo
Here’s the closer-up view of the latest stricker work by Thundercut on a crossing signal in the heart of the…
Thundercut Strikes Greene St., SoHo
The artist(s) known as Thundercut strikes a crosswalk signal at the corner of Greene and Prince streets in the heart…
Detail: New Vans Sneaker Billboard in Soho
Here’s a detail shot of the artwork used in the new Vans sneakers billboard outside Spring Street subway station in…
Context: New Vans Sneaker Billboard in Soho
This is a slightly wider-context view of the Vans billboard in SoHo, in downtown New York City. Ivan Corsa
New Vans Sneaker Billboard in Soho
For much of the past year (maybe longer) the Vans sneaker brand has been running ads on a street-level billboard…
Greene Street Graf: “Ecko” and “Morty”
This couplet of black-and-white tags were discovered on Greene Steet in downtown, New York City, amid the world-famous loft apartments…
Detail: Speech Bubble on “Pepper Dennis” Subway Ads
Here’s the close-up shot. Ivan Corsa Photo
Speech Bubble on “Pepper Dennis” Subway Ads
Some cheeky fun with paste-up speech bubbles on a New York City subway station advertisement for the new television series…
Tag Detail: Defaced “Silent Hill” Ad
Here’s the detail shot of the tag written in place of the mouth of the girl’s face in the “Silent…
Close-up: Defaced “Silent Hill” Ad
A rather chilling close-up of the subway platform ad for the horror-suspense film “Silent Hill” that has been “updated” by…
Defaced “Silent Hill” Ad
The new print ad for the horror-suspense film “Silent Hill” features the face of a mouth-less girl. To underscore the…
East Village Tags
Here’s another view of the ever-changing sets of Krylon tags on a storefront on E. 1st Street in downtown NYC.…
Detail View 2: East Village Tag
Another detail view of some roll-up shutter graf in the East Village, NYC. Ivan Corsa Photo
Detail View 1: East Village Tags – “Are”
Here’s a detail shot of the “Are” tag on E. 1st Street, in downtown Manhattan. Ivan Corsa Photo
Contextual View: East Village Tags
Lots of tags here on a roll-up shutter on E. 1st Street in the East Village of New York City.…
“Bunana” in NoLIta, NYC
Who or what is “Bunana”? This characiture and typographic illiustration is an intriging bit of paste-up in NoLIta, in the…
Detail 2: Rheingold Street Art, Orchard St., New York
Here’s another detail shot of Justink‘s street art sponsored by the Rheingold Beer Company. The art work can be found…
“Peg Leg” Graf in NoHo, NYC
A closer view of the very big and very bold graf tag by “Peg Leg” in NoHo, New York City.…
Context: “Peg Leg” in NoHo, NYC
Here’s a massive old-school tag by “Peg Leg” near the corner of Lafayette and Bond streets in NoHo, in downtown…
Context: Nicole duFresne Shrine, Lower East Side – Image No. 3
Here’s another view of the Nicole duFresne shrine at the southwest corner of Clinton and Rivington streets in downtown Manhattan.…
Close-up: Nicole duFresne Shrine, Lower East Side – Image No. 2
Here’s a close up of the shrine marking the site of Nicole duFresne’s murder in the Lower East Side of…
Nicole duFresne Shrine, Lower East Side – Image No. 1
It’s been over a year since the murder of actress and playwright Nicole duFresne. Her tragic, killing happened in the…
Portrait Shot – Fresh Work From “Faro Inc.” in SoHo, NYC
Finally, a portrait shot of the “Faro Inc.” Mummy paste-up in SoHo, NYC. Note the ads for clothing brand Supreme…
Detail 4:Head – Fresh Work From “Faro Inc.” in SoHo, NYC
Detail shot of the “Faro Inc.” mummy head. Ivan Corsa Photo
Detail 3: Chest – Fresh Work From “Faro Inc.” in SoHo, NYC
A close-up of the mysterious photo-realistic imagery on the chest of the cartoon-like mummy by “Faro Inc.” in SoHo. Ivan…
Detail 2: Hat – Fresh Work From “Faro Inc.” in SoHo, NYC
Here’s a detail shot of the hat. Note the silhouetted images of a rifle on the hat. Ivan Corsa Photo
Detail 1: Sneakers – Fresh Work From “Faro Inc.” in SoHo, NYC
Detail of the the high-top sneakers on the feet of one of “Faro Inc.”‘s mummy paste-ups in SoHo, NYC. Ivan…
Fresh Work From “Faro Inc.” in SoHo, NYC
The street artist (or group of artists?) who goes by the moniker “Faro Inc.” has made a name for himself…
“Blockhead” Street Art in the Lower East Side
In the same Orchard St. tenement stairwell as the “Star 78” graf shown below (or on the next page) is…
“Star 78” Graf on the Lower East Side, NYC
Love this black-and-white “up” in the stairwell of an entrance to a tenement building on Orchard St. in the Lower…
Banksy on Melbourne’s Disappearing Stencil Art
There is an interesting article today in U.K. newspaper the Guardian about the changing urban landscape of Melbourne, Australia, as…
Wide Context Shot – “Jane” Tag on Postal Label
Here’s a context shot of the “JANE” tag at Spring St. Station. Note that the adhesive postal label, upon which…
Context -“Jane” Tag on Postal Label, Soho
Here’s the close-in contextual view of the tag. Ivan Corsa Photo
“Jane” Tag on Postal Label, Soho
A clever bit of efficiency in stealth tagging is the practice of using markers to write the tag on a…
NoHo Sky Graf 4 – “Grate”
This graf by “Grate” adds some unqiue, stylistic symetry to the tag by curling the first and last letters. Background…
NoHo Sky Graf 3 – “On Time”
We’re not sure how to decipher this tag in Noho, NYC. Our best guess is that it’s either “On Time”…
NoHo Sky Graf 2 – “Fyter”
“Fyter” sky graf just east of Lafayette St., in NoHo, in downtown Manhattan, NYC. Love the spelling of the tag…
NoHo Sky Graf No. 1
There’s lots of skyline and rooftop graf in that semi-real, un-neighborhood-like downtown Manhattan neighborhood known as NoHo (for “NOrth of…
“DaysFares” Graf by Pigs Crew, NYC
This popular graf spot in an abandoned downtown NYC lot has been heating up with new ups recently like “DaysFares”…
Detail: “DaysFares” Graf by Pigs Crew, NYC
Here’s the detail shot of the “DaysFares” tag by “Pigs Crew” at East 1st St. and 2nd Avenue, in the…
NYC Street Art: Faro Inc. Paste-Up, Downtown Manhattan
Work by Faro Inc. dots the side streets of downtown New York City. The artist’s wheat-paste work is easily identified…
Detail – NYC Street Art: Faro Inc. Paste-Up, Downtown Manhattan
Detail of a fresh wheat-paste of cartoon-like mummy imagery by Faro Inc. in New York City. Ivan Corsa Photo
Context – “No Parking” Monster Street Art, NYC
Here’s wider, contextual shot of the monster head paste-up we discovered on a back alley sign in the Hudson Square…
Detail – “No Parking” Monster Street Art, NYC
Here’s a detail of the monster head art we found wheat-pasted on the the corner of a “No parking” sign…
Bombed “No Parking” Sign, Soho, NYC
In the Hudson Square area of downtown Manhattan, otherwise known as the far west end of Soho, we found this…
Wide: “Smack” – Downtown Truck Graf, NYC
The context shot of “Smack” on a truck in Chinatown, NYC. Ivan Corsa Photo
Detail: “Smack” – Downtown Truck Graf, NYC
Here’s the detail shot of “Smack” on a truck in Chinatown, New York City. Ivan Corsa Photo
“Smack” – Downtown Truck Graf, NYC
Here’s one of those ubiquitous New York City Chinatown trucks tagged with graf, in this case with “Smack.” Ivan Corsa…
“Hour Dr. Sex” Rooftop Graf in Chinatown, NYC – No. 2
“Dr. Sex” strikes again with this recent, daring tag atop a tall building along Canal Street in Chinatown, New York…
“Hour Dr. Sex” Rooftop Graf in Chinatown, NYC – No. 1
Here’s a closer, detail shot of the daring “Dr. Sex” graf atop a tall building on Canal St. in Chinatown,…
Wide-shot: “A. Charles” at Abetta Garage, East Village, NYC
“A. Charles” is a New York City graffiti artist whose work can be found all over the metro area, but…
“A. Charles” at Abetta Garage, East Village, NYC
Here’s a closer-in shot of the Abetta graf-mural by NYC street artist “A. Charles.” Background Note “A. Charles” is a…
Detail: “A. Charles” at Abetta Garage, East Village, NYC
And here’s a detail shot of the graf-mural by street artist “A. Charles” at the Abettta garage in the East…
Detail: NYC “Girl” Stencil on West Broadway, Soho
Here’s the detail of the sharply rendered, circular stencil portrait that we found on a lamp-post base along West Broadway…
Washington, DC: Graff Alley in Adams Morgan – No. 5
Here’s the same graf shot from another angle. Background Note We were out of town visiting Washington, DC last weekend…
Washington, DC: Graf Alley in Adams Morgan – No. 6
The view looking out toward 18th Street from the alley that runs past Caribou Coffee in the Adams Morgan neighborhood…
Uptown Graf Truck No. 3
Here’s a view of the side of the truck. Background Note Graf is pretty rare on the posh and anodyne…
Uptown Graf Truck No. 2
Here’s another shot of the truck’s rear sliding door closed. Background Note Graf is pretty rare on the posh and…
Uptown Graf Truck No. 1
Graf is pretty rare on the posh and anodyne Upper East Side of Manhattan, a district that is home to…
NYC Winter Wonderland 2
NYC Winter Wonderland 2 Sledders are out in force on Cedar Hill in Central Park, New York City, after a…
NYC Winter Wonderland 1
A record one-day snowfall in New York City this past weekend turned Central Park into a winter wonderland, replete with…
“Teflon Don” Gotti Paste-up by Bast – No. 1
Here’s a close-up of an awesome color paste-up by the artist Bast (or Bäst) in Chinatown, New York City. The…
“Teflon Don” Gotti Paste-up by Bast – No. 2 Context
“Teflon Don” Gotti Paste-up by Bast – No. 2 Context Here’s the wider shot of the “Teflon Don” Gotti wheat-paste…
“Teflon Don” Gotti Paste-up by Bast – No. 3 Detail
The artist’s signature moniker, Bast,” is detailed here in the same font he uses in all his work and with…
“Teflon Don” Gotti Paste-up by Bast – No. 4 Detail
We love details like this “TEFLON” tag and the New York Yankees logo in the lower-right corner of this Chinatown…
“Shapes” in East Village, NYC – #1 Detail
Here’s the detail shot of “Shapes.” Not your average East Village-graf, “Shapes” is a stencil-like splatter-work of red paint and…
“Shapes” in East Village, NYC – #2 Context
And here’s the wider, context shot of “Shapes.” Background Note Not your average East Village-graf, “Shapes” is a stencil-like splatter-work…
Detail 1 – Bäst Werewolf Paste-up, NYC
Here’s a detail of a message at the foot of the Bäst werewolf wheat-pasted poster. It reads “la polizia non…
New Yorker Cover Paste-Up by Momo at 11 Spring St. – #1
Once again, the street artist Momo strikes the building at 11 Spring St., in Nolita, New York City. This wheat-paste…
New Yorker Cover Paste-Up by Momo at 11 Spring St. – #2 Detail
Detail of the new Momo paste-up at 11 Spring St. in downtown Manhattan. Background Note Once again, the street artist…
CORRECTION: Neckface Twerps! “Lobster Roll” Sticker, NYC – Detail
CORRECTION: The artist who created this sticker was misidentified in our original post below. The work featured in the detail…
CORRECTION: Neckface Twerps! “Lobster Roll” Sticker, NYC – Context
CORRECTION: The artist who created this sticker was misidentified in our original post below. The work featured in the image…
Street Artist Swoon Hits Rivington St. – No. 1
Here’s a color image of the new Rivington St. work by street artist Swoon. The photo was shot at night,…
Street Artist Swoon Hit Rivington St. – No. 2
There’s some fresh work by the artist Swoon on Rivington St., between Bowery and Chrystie, in that interzone between Nolita/Soho…
Ludlow St. Art, Lower East Side, NYC 1
Above is the closer-up detail photo of the some Lower East Side street art. Background Note Ludlow St., that increasingly…
Ludlow St. Art, Lower East Side, NYC 2
Ludlow St., that increasingly high-rent and noisy tenement canyon in the booming Lower East Side of New York City, is…
Cuba: Che and Lada in Havana
Richard Gregg is an Englishman living and working near Tokyo, Japan. He took this photo in Havana, Cuba, which is…
“Peg Leg” Sticker, Winter Version, NYC – Detail
Here’s a detail shot of the winter version of the ubiquitous “Peg Leg” sticker in downtown NYC. (To view the…
“Peg Leg” Sticker, Winter Version, NYC – Context
We’ve noticed “Peg Leg” stickers appearing in lower Manhattan and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, since last summer. Usually the lettering of the…
Brooklyn: “You Don’t Know Me” Graff
More in our Brooklyn graphica series. Here is a tag toward the lower-rent end of the Park Slope neighborhood, now…
“Tetris” Graf No. 1
Above is a rotated close-up shot of graf by “Tetris” in downtown Manhattan. Background Entry We’ve walked along the stretch…
“Tetris” Graf No. 2
Here’s the wider context shot of the “Tetris” tag in west Soho, New York York City. Background Entry We’ve walked…
“Tetris” Graf No. 3
We’ve walked along the stretch of Charlton St. between Varick and Greenwich in Soho, NYC, at least a dozen times…
NYC Street Art: Mailbox DIY Poster – Detail
Here’s the detail shot. Background note: The artist had his tongue firmly in cheek when he put up this wheat-paste…
NYC Street Art: Mailbox DIY Poster – Context
And here’s the context shot. Background note: The artist had his tongue firmly in cheek when he put up this…
“Beautiful Decay” Sticker Tag, Soho, NYC – Detail
Here’s the close-up shot. We’ve been seeing a lot of these “Beautiful Decay” stickers around lower Manhattan recently. This one…
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